Rocking toy for children



J. A. ORANDALL.

BOOKING TOY FOR CHILDREN.

Patented Jan.28, 1883.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE A. ORANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ROCKING TOY FOR CHILDREN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 270,891, dated January 23, 1883.

Application filed December 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE A.GRANDALL, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved RockingToy for Children, of which the following is a specification. I Figure l is a top view of my improved rocking toy for children; Fig.2, a vertical longitudinal central section of the same.

This invention relates to a new toy for children, which is made in imitation of a wheeled vehicle hitched to a horse. and which is capable of receiving many of the motions of a carriage without, however, the forward motion. Thus the toy will give amusement to a child analogous to a great extent to what it would derive if seated in an actual carriage, but will not require any more room than is necessary to place it on a floor.

The invention consists, first, in combining the wagon-hotly, which has a seat for the child, with a supporting-axle, and with mechanism for imparting oscillating movement 'to said axle, and with an interposed cam for vibrating said carriage-body.

The invention consists, secondly, in the mechanism hereinafter described for oscillating said axle, and in other mechanism for imparting motion to the legs and head of the horse, and in other details of improvement that are hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the supporting-platform of my toy. From this platform project in front two posts, B B, and in rear two posts, 0. 0n the rear posts, 0, is supported an axle or shaft, D, upon the ends of which are mounted wheels E E, that hang free in the air, and arenot-capable ot'imparting any motion to the vehicle, they simplybeing intended to imitatethe wheels of the vehicle.

F is the vehicle-body, having suitable seat, back, dash-board, sides, 850., and provided with a pair of shafts, G G, the front ends of which extend and are pivoted by bolts a to the posts B B, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the lower part of the wagon-body F, preferably below or behind the seat, is hung a shaft, H, which carries eccentrically placed upon it disks b, that rest upon the shaft D.

In cross-bars d, that are fastened to the shafts G, is further hung the body of the imitation horse I. This imitation horse has movable front legs, e, movable hind legs, f, and a movable head and neck part, g, all said parts beingjoined by pivots to the body I.

In the shaft D is a crank-pin, 71-, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1', and fully in Fig. 2, which crank-pin, bya I'Od,*i, is connected with the hind legs,f, and the hind legs are connected by a rod,j, with the front legs, 0. An arm, k, extends from the rod j to a projection, I, of the movable head portion g, as shown.

To the shaftD are fastened two ropes, J and L, the ends of which are wound around the said shalt in opposite directions, and from the said shaft D these ropes extend forward around pulleys m, that are hung on the shafts G, respectively, or on the sides ofthe horse I, and thence said ropes extend backward toward the vehicle-body F, where they are pro- "ided with handles a.

The child, when seated inthe vehicle F, causes, byits weight,thc eccentrics b to bear upon the shaft D, and then, by pulling alternately upon one handle it and then the other, oscillating motion-that is to say, rotary motion in opposite directions-is imparted to the shaft D. This motion of the shaft D is used to vibrate the. wagon F, which carries the child up and down, inasmuch as the one or more eccentrics b, by=frictional contact with the shaft D, are revolved alternately in opposite direetions, and thereby cause the wagonbody to rise and fall. The connections 6,;7', and It also cause the movable parts of the horse to vibrate on their pivots, so that the child obtains a toy which will give it nearly all the pleasure which it could derive from a wagon that was actually capable of movement along the floor, and yet but little floor-space will be required to accommodate this toy.

I do not wish to limit myself to the rope arrangement here shown for the purpose of revolving the shaft 1) alternately in opposite directions, as rods and levers of well-known arrangement may be substitutedv in lieu of said ropes; and I do not limit myself to the placing of the one or more eccentrics 11 upon the shaft H, as the same result might be obtained by placing said eccentrics upon the shaft D. Nor do I limit myself to the use of ICO a single horse in connection with this vehicle, as more than one horse may be employed in the same connection; or, if desired, the horse may be entirely omitted in many instances.

1 claim- 1. The vehicle-body F, pivoted to the posts B, and rested upon the shaft D, in combination with said shaft D and with mechanism, substantially as described, for revolving said shaft D alternately in opposite directions as specified.

2. The combination of the vehicle-body F, which is pivoted to the posts B, with the shaftD, mechanism for revolving said shaft alternately in opposite directions, and with one or more eccentrics b interposed between said shaft D and said vehicle-body, and with the shaft H, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the vehicle-body F, posts 13, platform A, posts 0, shaft D, eccentric Z), shaft H, and ropes J L, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the vehicle-body F, which is pivoted to posts B, with the rear supporting-axle, D, mechanism, substantially 'as described, for revolving said axle alternately in opposite directions, and with the imitation animal I, having movable parts efg, and connections ig 7a, substantially as specified.

This specification signed by me this 4th day 0 of December, 1882.

JESSE A. GRANDALL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. (3. SMITH, WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ. 

